Shark protection projects

Projects

The Foundation supports shark preservation projects

We must know more about sharks to better protect them

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Learn about sharks

Projects

The projects will tell us more about sharks

For example where and when they migrate

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Shark projects

We support research and public outreach projects

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The shark species "Largespine Velvet Shark"

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Range Map

Rough area of distribution

Taxonomy

Kingdom:

Animals (Animalia)

Phylum:

Vertebrates (Chordata)

Class:

Cartilagenous fishes (Chondrichthyes)

Order:

Dogfish sharks (Squaliformes)

Family:

Sleeper sharks (Somniosidae)

Genus:

Scymnodon

Names

Scientific:

Scymnodon macracanthus

Synonym:

Scymnodon plunketi , Proscymnodon macracanthus , Centroscymnus macracanthus , Centroscymnus plunketi

English:

Largespine Velvet Shark , Plunket's shark , Plunket's dogfish , Waite's dogfish

German:

Grosser Seiden-Dornhai , Plunkethai

French:

Pailona jume , Pailona australien

Spanish:

Sapata espinuda , Pailona austral

Vulnerability

Category: Vulnerable (VU)
Criteria: A2d
Last evaluated: 2025
Trend: Decreasing

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